Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
cities of Aroer—that is, the cities round Aroer, and under its jurisdiction [GESENIUS]. So "cities with their villages" (Joshua 15:44); "Heshbon and all her cities" (Joshua 13:17). Aroer was near Rabbahammon, at the river of Gad, an arm of the Jabbok (II Samuel 24:5), founded by the Gadites (Numbers 32:34).
for flocks— (Isaiah 5:17).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 17:2:
Isaiah 17:1
Isaiah 27:10
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